Shawn Hickman asked:


It’s been several years since you had someone design your company web site and now it’s outdated. You are losing business to competitors that have quality designed web sites with great layout and navigation. This may be your first company web site and you want to make the most of your money and time.

How do you choose a quality web design company that will understand your companies’ objective for designing or redesigning this web site?

First, you need to answer a few questions.



1. What is your budget and time frame for completing the web design or redesign project?

2. Are you going to be using original content and pictures for building this web site?

3. If this is a website redesign, are you planning on getting updated images and content for this new look and layout or will you need the web design company to supply them for you?

4. Does any one at your company have basic editing skills and will they be able to update the website content or will this be an ongoing job for the web design company you hire?

5. Are you looking for a local web design company?

6. Do you already have an idea of your web design colors, layout, and navigation?

Knowing the answers to these questions, will help you when you locate the right web design company.

Now it’s time to find the right web design company for your needs. Go to Google and search for local web design firms and you will see how many results show. Take “web design orlando” for example: Results 8,860,000. Wow, there are a lot of results for “web design orlando”.

Don’t panic, you will probably find a company that can do the quality web design work you need in the first 50 results. Quality web design firms will have a portfolio of work online that will show an example of their custom web design work. Start at the first web design result on work your way down.

Examine the portfolio to see if there is anything equivalent to the web design layout you are imagining. You will be able to tell immediately if this web design firm is right for your company and its look and feel. Find out how long they have been in the web design industry and compare that to how many quality web sites they have designed in that time.

If this is a redesign, find out how many web site redesigns that have completed and ask to see the web site before and after the redesign.

Find out if they have the staff available to work on your entire web design needs and that they know the programming necessary to complete the job in a timely manner. Ask for references, a top end web design firm will be glad to offer up references on the web design work performed. Most web design references will be glad to talk to you about the quality job your potential web design company did on their web site.

Depending on your web design budget, it may help to several quality web design companies to talk to. You will want to get at least 3 estimates and it never hurts to have more.

Remember, when it comes to your business and your companies exposure on internet, take you time locating a quality web design company. Your future may depend on it.



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Phoenix Web Design asked:


Your website is the often the first impression you get to make on your clients. We a potential client visits your website, what are they going to find? Will it be an obvious pre-packed website, or will it send the visitor the right message about what your site is all about.  A custom web solution is the way to go when you have a specific vision for your website and don’t want to be forced into preset design and functionality limitations that often come with pre-packaged websites.

Once you have decided to work with a qualified web design team to create your custom website, the next desicion is choosing the right partner.  Cost is an important factor in making this decision. You want to make sure that you are getting a good value for the money. Take a look through the prspective web firm’s custom web design portfolio. The sites should all have a distinct feel. They should not all look like the same basic layout.

There are literily thousands of web design firms across the country and overseas claiming to be able to meet you needs. Make sure you choose a web design firm that has a history of succesful web design and the satisfied clients to prove it.

If you are on an extremely tight budget but still want to launch a website as soon as possible, you should look for a qualified web design company that offers a range of products. This way you can upgrade to a custom web design solution when you are ready and maintain a relationship with a web development team you are familiar with.





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